Finance Innovation Lab

@TheFinanceLab

Our vision is a financial system that serves people and planet - one that is democratic, sustainable, just and resilient.

London

financeinnovationlab.org

Joined March 2010

Finance Innovation Lab
@TheFinanceLab
Aug 4
Britain’s banks can do more to unlock opportunity in the communities they serve. This welcome call from @gareththomasMP for Barclays, Santander and HSBC to invest £30m in local lenders shows why we need a #FairBankingAct. @FBfACampaign #FairBankingForAll thetimes.com/article/a9b16d…
Finance Innovation Lab
@TheFinanceLab
Jul 28
‘If we are serious about spreading opportunity across the country, we cannot ignore the financial infrastructure that makes growth possible. That is why Parliament should pass a Fair Banking Act’ 👏 @gareththomasMP @FBfACampaign #FairBankingForAll
‘A Fair Banking Act is essential to allowing every postcode to access growth’ – LabourList
From labourlist.org
Finance Innovation Lab
@TheFinanceLab
Jul 15
Lots to like in this piece from @liambyrnemp 📈Scale up investment via National Wealth Fund & pension funds 🏦Devolve wealth through regional banks 🤝Invest in communities through a UK Community Reinvestment Act #FairBankingForAll
‘‘Let’s make devolution work’ – LabourList
From labourlist.org
Finance Innovation Lab
@TheFinanceLab
Jul 8
Imagine being able to power your home on this summer's sunshine. ☀️ But right now solar panels are too expensive for most households. The Solar Saver scheme proposed by @NEF and @TheFinanceLab wants to make clean energy affordable for everyone. 1/3
Finance Innovation Lab
@TheFinanceLab
Jun 25
Honoured to have been asked to contribute to UN Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. Our contribution - on reorientating financial regulation to deliver socially useful and ecologically sustainable outcomes is here:
neep-poverty.org
1.15 Reorienting Financial Regulation - New Economies for Eradicating Poverty
By curbing speculative excess and limiting funding for destructive sectors, financial reorientation reduces systemic instability and weakens the dominance of profit maximisation in economic organis...